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==Birth and Family of Abraham==
B'reishyt 11:26–25:10<br>
Abrahim صلى الله عليه وسلم‎<br>
''circa'' <small>A.M.</small> | <small>B.C.E.</small><br>


<big><b>Sequential Events<b></big><br>
<b>''Major Markers in the life of Abraham''</b><br>
(contracted; show full)tions; your name shall no longer be called ''Abram'', but your name shall be ''Abraham'', for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations; I will make you most exceedingly fruitful, and make nations of you; and kings shall descend from you. I will ratify M<small>Y</small> covenant between M<small>E</small> and you and between your offspring after  you; and I will give to you and your offspring after you the land of your sojourns.
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==Birth and Family of Abram==

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! Antediluvian<br>Patriarchs !! Birth (A.M.) !! Age @<br>first born !! Subseq.<br>Years !! Death !! Total (A.M.)
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| Adam || 0 || 130 || 800 || 930 || 930
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| Seth || 130 || 105|| 807|| 912|| 1042
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| Enosh || 235 || 90|| 815|| 905|| 1140
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| Kenan || 325 || 70|| 840|| 910|| 1235
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| Mehalaleel || 395 || 65 || 830 || 985 || 1290
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| Jared || 460 || 162|| 800 || 962 || 1422
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| Enoch || 622 || 65 || 300 || 365 || ---
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| Methuselah || 687 || 187 || 782 || 969 || 1656
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| Lamech || 874 || 182 || 595 || 777 || 1651
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| Noah || 1056 || 600 || --- || 950 || 2006
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| <b>Date of Flood</b> || <b>1656</b> 
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=== Abram's calling ===
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[[Yahweh|God]] appeared to Abram and told him to depart. After settling in Haran, where his father Terah died, God then told Abram to leave his country and his father’s house for a land that He would show him, promising to make of him a great nation, [[blessing|bless]] him, make his name great, bless those who blessed him, and curse those who cursed him. ({{Bibleverse||Genesis|12:1–3|HE}}) Following God’s command, at age 75, Abram took his wife [[Sarah|Sarai]], his nephew Lot, and the wealth and persons tha(contracted; show full)ns&source=bl&ots=aFute0p0_x&sig=ES0qi7jA4zyCXLIMs3sac2cyvOg&hl=en&ei=wSYLTavKBsnprAfZuenxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Abraham&f=false "Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible", K. van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst (eds) (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing), pp.3–4]</ref> Some oral traditions, however, may still hold an earlier history.<ref name="books.google.com.au"/>